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Amazon Athena Data Catalogs API

Operations for managing data catalogs

Amazon Athena Data Catalogs API is one of 8 APIs that Amazon Athena publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 5 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Data Catalogs. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, a JSON-LD context, and 5 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 11 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2017-05-18.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com.

4 operations 4 paths 11 schemas 4 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2017-05-18
Base URL
https://athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
Authentication
API Key
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Amazon Athena Data Catalogs API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (sigv4). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • sigv4 — AWS Signature Version 4

Paths & Operations 4

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 4 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Data Catalogs 4

Operations for managing data catalogs

POST
/?Action=CreateDataCatalog
Amazon Athena Create Data Catalog
createDataCatalog body → 200
POST
/?Action=DeleteDataCatalog
Amazon Athena Delete Data Catalog
deleteDataCatalog body → 200
POST
/?Action=GetDataCatalog
Amazon Athena Get Data Catalog
getDataCatalog body → 200
POST
/?Action=ListDataCatalogs
Amazon Athena List Data Catalogs
listDataCatalogs body → 200

Schemas 11

The contract defines 11 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are CreateDataCatalogInput (5 properties), DataCatalog (4 properties), ListDataCatalogsOutput (2 properties), Tag (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

CreateDataCatalogInput
object
5 properties 2 required
CreateDataCatalogOutput
object
Tag
object
2 properties
DeleteDataCatalogOutput
object
ListDataCatalogsOutput
object
2 properties
DataCatalog
object
4 properties
GetDataCatalogInput
object
1 property 1 required
ListDataCatalogsInput
object
2 properties
DeleteDataCatalogInput
object
1 property 1 required
GetDataCatalogOutput
object
1 property
DataCatalogSummary
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

amazon-athena-data-catalogs-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Amazon Athena publishes across the network.

Amazon Athena Databases API
Amazon Athena Named Queries API
Amazon Athena Prepared Statements API
Amazon Athena Query Executions API
Amazon Athena Table Metadata API
Amazon Athena Tags API
Amazon Athena Work Groups API
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